A new drug delivery system may help reduce heart failure hospitalizations and related healthcare costs, which are expected to reach $70 billion by 2030.

ACC created a Medicare payment calculator for practices to see the possible impacts on their 2027 payments.

The investigational drug down regulates WISPER, a heart stress-specific lncRNA that is overexpressed in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cardiac fibrosis.

The company's flagship technology was invented by Peter Spector, MD, a practicing electrophysiologist. It uses advanced electrodes to visualize details of AFib typically missed by other mapping systems.

The registry has collected more than 1.6 million patient records from more than 800 hospitals. "We can do even better," one cardiologist said. "We have to treat heart failure with everything we've got."

The push to move certain procedures to ambulatory surgical centers is one of the biggest business trends in electrophysiology. Medical societies are watching this space closely to ensure high quality remains the goal.

The new test is designed to be used on its own or in tandem with Cleerly’s AI-powered CCTA evaluations. 

Low-risk patients face comparable outcomes after TAVR and SAVR, researchers wrote, making it important to highlight even the smallest differences between these two approaches. 

Authorities believe a 47-year-old Michigan man killed his wife and six children before taking his own life. "This is an unspeakable tragedy that we may never completely understand,” one official said. 

With the change, premiums are expected to rise. However, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirmed they cannot inflate by more than 6%, as capped by the Inflation Reduction Act. 

Warning healthcare consumers about the unreliability of AI for medical advice is like screaming at tourists for frolicking in a decorative fountain on an oppressively hot and humid day. 

A U.S. District Court judge ruled that the states were unable to show they would be irreparably harmed by complying with the policy, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is covering 90% of the associated costs.

Hospital leaders contemplating a rebuild of the intensive care unit should gather intensivists, architects, engineers and—not last and not least—ICU nurses. A new peer-reviewed paper lays out a blueprint for project planning.  

Dose reductions over the last decade were greatest for chest exams with contrast (31%) and without (27%), experts detail in RSNA's Radiology.